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I Patented No 27, 1934 PATENT oFFlcs PRINTING MACHINE Walter T. Gollwitaer, Chicago, 111.,aaaignor to Addressograph Co corporationof Dela Wilmington, DeL, a

Application April 15, 1931, Serial No. 530,204

19 Claim.

This invention relates to printing machines of the character through which variable printing devices are sequen passed me from which impressions are succe vely made.

I The invention isparticularly useful in the printing of tax rolls and especiallytax rolls for real property on which the legal description of the property is printed as well as'the'name and address of the owner. The "legal descriptions of 1 parcels of real'property are arranged on suitable printing devices and sometimes the descriptions are of such length that each cannot be conveniently placed on but one printing-device and in such instances as many printing devices as rel quired are used, and these printing devices are then grouped. The first printing device of such a group, known as the lead printing device, has as much of the legal description as can conveniently be arranged thereon together with the name and 20 address of the owner of the parcel of property; The other or follower printing devices of the group carry only portions of the legal description.

In tax rolls it is customary to have the name and address of the owner of the parcel of property in 26 one column on the sheets while the legal descrip-' tion and other pertinent information is in other columns on the sheets. The name and address of the owner of the parcel of property and the legal description are arranged on the lead printing devices in vertical alignment, but this information is printed on the sheet in horizontal alignment. It is-therefore one 'of the objects of my invention to provide a printing machine wherein the vertically aligned data on the printing devices is printed on the tax roll or other sheetin horizontal alignment.

The printing devices bearing the legal descriptions and'names and addresses of the owners of the parcels of property are sequentially filed and so stored in drawers when not in use and are introduced into the machine when the roll is tobe printed. Since the tax roll is printed from the printing devices itis manifest that the sequence of items on the tax roll will correspond tothe 4.5 sequence of the printing devices) Furthermore,

when the fell lsprlnted, each parcel or item-of property is'numbered. It is therefore another obiect of'the invention to number the items as the roll is printed in the machine.

do sometimes a parcel of real property is divided up and sold inlmits and under such conditions the? legal description of the prop rty is changed, for each unit then have an individual legal descrlptlon to describe a fragment of that described 55 in the orlglnfl W de'scriptloflof the a certain number of impressions 'It is customary to change the printing devices at the time a parcel of property is so divided, and it is therefore manifest that new and additional printing devices will be introduced into the sequence ofthe filed devices. This will of course 0 change the relative sequence between printing devices and the tax roll, and therefore it is still another object to number, under certain conditions, only those items printed from devices in theoriginal sequence, that is, those devices which I correspond to the printed roll, but when a new roll is made, impressions are taken from all the printing devices in the sequence, .and inthisoperation all the items are printed. i

A tax roll usually consists of a plurality of 70' sheets of a predetermined slze'and therefore only may be made thereon. It has been pointed out that the legal description of parcels of real property are arranged on lead and follower printing devices and 16 I that the number of the follower printing devices will vary. It is important that all of-the legal description of a parcel of property appear on the same sheet as that having the owner's name and address thereon. Thus, as the impressions are go being made adjacent the bottom of the sheet it is desirable that the operator be informed ofthe number of the follower printing devices behind a lead printing device moving into printing position so that it may be determined whether or not 35 all of the legal description may be printed on the same sheet as that on which the name and address of the owner will be printed; It is therefore another obiect to indicate the amber offollower printingdevices behind a lead printing device in I I printing position. An obiect, ancillary to the foregoing. is to interrupt operation of the machine when the indicating device is rendered operable.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a printing machine wherein the impression devicev 5 may be manually operated when so desired;

wherein the impression member may be manually rendered inoperative in order that printing impressions will not be performed from determined printing devices; whereinthe-operations may be 10 controlled by the printing devices; wherein the sheet to be printed is moved to space the items printed thereon in a determined uniform manner; wherein the various operations vare performed in an automatic and expeditious manner; and wherein the various mechanisms may be economically manufactured and assembled.

In the selected embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings Rim-14s a fragmentary front elevation of a ma- 0 lot tchine constructed in accordance with my inven ion;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the glachine looking in the direction opposite to Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view similar to Fig. 3, drawn to an enlarged scale;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view, the table top having been removed;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary rear elevational view;

Fig. '1 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary plan view, the platen mechanisms having been removed;

Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view;

Fig. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view through the rear end of the printing device guideway;

Fig. 11 is a. fragmentary front elevational view;

Fig. 12 is'a view partly in elevation and partly in section taken longitudinally through the forward end of the printing device guideway;

Fig. 12a. is a perspective view illustrating a linkage employed in the device, isolated from the parts with which it is associated; and

Fig. 13 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the electrical connections employed in the device.

In machines of the character to which this invention pertains printing devices D are introduced into a magazine M arranged at the rear end of the machine, and these printing devices are moved alongthe printing device guideway 14 (Figs. 5, 8, 9, 10 and 12) by pawls 15 (Fig. 12) pivotally mounted on carrier bars 16 (Figs. 9 and 12). The pawls are urged into position to engage the rear edges of the printing devices by suitable springs and when the carrier bars 16 are moved forwardly, in the reciprocatory movement thereof, these pawls engage rear edges of the printing'devices to correspondingly move them but when the carrier bars are moved rearwardly these pawls pas's below the printing devices to engage the rear edge of the printing device rearwardly in the guideway of the printing device previously engaged thereby. Thus printing devices are moved through the guideway in a stepby-step manner.

The carrier bars are operated from the main drive rocker 17 (Figs. 3, 4, 7, 9 and 12) which is pivotally mounted at 18. The main drive rocker is operated by a link 19 connected to a crank 20 on the drive shaft 21, a suitable clutch structure, generally indicated by 22 (Fig. 1) being employed to connect the shaft 21 to the flywheel drive pulley 23 which receives movement through belts 24 from a suitable source of power such as an electric motor. When the clutch is engaged the shaft 21' rotates with the flywheel 23 and the crank 20 is operated to thereby impart a reciprocatory movement through the link 19 to the rocker 1'7. The rocker 17 includes an arm 25 (Figs. 4, 9 and 12) to which a link 26 is connected, said link also being attached to the rocker 27 pivotally mounted at 28 on the boss 29 depending from the frame 30 of the machine. Arranged to operate with the rocker 27 are upwardly extending arms 31 (Figs. 9-and 12) pivotally connected to the carrier bars 16 through links 32. Thus except under conditions to be hereinafter described the carrier bars are operated whenever the main drive rocker 1'7 is operated. The carrier bars move the printing devices through the guideway 14 from the magazine M to the anvil A (Fig. 12) and when the devices are positioned on said anvil impressions are made therefrom, after which the printing devices move over the guideway 33 to the usual packer mechanism to be stored in the galley G (Fig. 1) in the same sequence as that in which they were arranged when introduced into the magazine M. At the end of each cycle of operation the carrier bars stop in a forward position, that is to say, the position occupied by these bars after they have advanced a printing device into printing position. .A platen housing 34 is mounted above and in vertical alignment with the 'anvil A.

As best illustrated in Figs. 1 and 11, the platen housing34 is mounted at one end of a horizontally extending arm 35, the opposite end of which is secured to a bracket 36 fastened to the frame 30, the platen housing 34 being supported forwardly of the arm 35 by a bracket 37, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. The platens P and P are mounted in the platen housing 34 and project from the lower end thereof and in the present instance the platen P is twice the width of the platen P. These platens are mounted in the housing 34 in a manner substantially similar to that disclosed in my co-pending application Serial No. 451,812, filed May 12, 1930. As therein described these platens are retained in a cocked position under spring tension and when released, move downwardly toward the anvil to make an impression on a sheet positioned below the platens, through an ink ribbon arranged over the printing device between said device and the sheet. This ink ribbon R and associated mechanisms are of the usual type and the ribbon is moved across the printing device step by step, the ends thereof being wound on spools 38 (Fig. 1) positioned below the galley G. The platens may be manually released by operating the buttons 39 or they may be automatically released to perform a printing operation in the following manner:

On the end of the rocker 1'7 opposite that to which the arm 25 is connected an arm 40 (Fig. 7) is secured andthe link 41 is pivotally connected to the outer end of the arm 40. The upper end of the link 41 is pivotally connected to an arm 42 having one end thereof secured to a shaft 43 extended through the arm 35. On the end of the shaft 43 opposite to that to which the arm 42 is connected is a dog 44 (Figs. 3 and 4) having alip 45 at the outer end thereof. The lip 45 is engageable with one end of a spring-pressed plate 46 pivotally mounted on the arm 47 of the bell crank 48. On the arm 49 of this bellcrank is a pin 50 engageable with either the rod 51 or the rod 52 respectively connected to the devices controlling the platens P and P. Movement imparted to the rocker 17 is transmitted through the arm 40 and link 41 to arm 42, thence through shaft 43 to dog 44 which engages the plate 46 and pivots the bell crank 48 to move the pin 50 thereon into engagement with the end of either the rod 51 or 52, depending upon which is aligned therewith, to thereby release the platen controlled by said rod to perform a printing operation. On the dog 44 is a roller 53 engageable with a finger 54 pivotally mounted and having connected thereto an arm extended into the platen housing. As the dog 44 continues to move after disengagement of the lip 45 from the end of the plate 46, the roller 53 engages the end of a finger 54 and restores the platen which has been released, as described in my previously referred to application. The foregoing movements occur when the rocker 17 is moving in one direction and when said rocker moves in the other direction it is manifest that the lip 45 will pass the be repositioned above the plate 46 to again be in position to operate either the platen P or the platen P. In order to position oneor the other of the rods 51 or 52 in alignment with the'pin 50 the ends of these rods are passed into a foot portion on the arm 55, which arm is moved in a manner to be described to dispose one or the other of the rods in alignment with said boss.

The sheet to be printed is clamped in a lister, generally indicated by 56, of the character disclosed in my referred to application. This lister includes clamping devices 57 (Figs. 1, 8 and 11) to receive the sheet which is longitudinally moved past the housing 3i in a step by step manner to receive impressions at intervals thereon spaced apart in predetermined amounts. The lister, and therefore the sheet, are arranged on the table top 58. The lister is movable along a bar 59, the opposite ends of which are supported in suitable brackets 60 and 61. A gear 62 (Fig. -1)

is rotatably mounted on one end of a shaft 62' (Fig. 8) Journaled in the bracket 60 andmeshes with a rack 63 (Fig. 8) on the table top. A gear Q4 on the other end of the shaft 62' adjacent the bracket 81 meshes with a rack 65 on the table top.- These gears and racks insure movement of the lister in parallelism with a line extending at right angles to the line of movement of the printing devices. To move the lister slide along the bar 59 a locking rack'65 and a spacing rack 66 are provided. Means, to be hereinafter described, engage one end of the spacing rack to dispose it in cocked position from whichit is released by suitable means (one form of such means being described in the referred to application), and when released the rack moves from cockedposition to advance the lister slide and the sheet longitudinally past the housing 34. when the lister is positioned transversely of the table top 5% to receive impressions from the printing devices in the columns wherein the legal desci'iptien is to be printed the spacing rack will advance upon each complete cycle of operation of the machine but when the lister is positioned to locate the sheet to receive impressions in the space wherein the name and address of the owner of a parcei of property is printed which is out of transverse alignment with the legal description, the spacing rack will not be operated since the means operating it is rendered inoperative and therefore the sheet will not be advanced.

- Normally the lister is in such a transverse position that theportion of the sheet to receive the legal description is aligned with the printing" device above the anvil and consequently with the housing 34. when, however, a lead' printing device moves into printingposition it is desirable that the lister be shifted to align another portion of the sheet with the printing device above the anvil. The means bringing this about function when a lead printing device is moving onto the anvil and include a bracket 67 (Figs. 1, 2, 3. 4, and 11) at the forward end of the bed having bearings therein in which a vertically extending shaft '70 is journaled. A sleeve is disposed about the shaft 70 and a pinion 71 is fss t on the sleeve. This pinion meshes with a rack 72 slidable in the guide 73 in the bracket 1 $7. One end of a link 74 is pivotally connected to the rack 72 and the other end is connected to the main drive rocker 17. Each time the drive rocker 17 is moved in onedirection the rack 72 is moved through the guide 73 and imprinting device onto the anvil.

parts slightly more than a one hundred eighty degree movement to the pinion 71 and since a reciprocatory movement is imparted to the rack shaft 70 there is a disc 78 having diametrically opposed notches 79 and therein. A spring 77' urges the nose of the pawl 77 toward the periphery of the 'disc 78 and it may therdore seat in either the notch 79 or 80 when aligned therewith unless otherwise prevented, as will be explained.

At the time the main drive rocker is moved rearwardly the. carrier bars are similarly moved and a pair of pawls thereon will engage the rear edge of a lead printing device disposed one position out of printing position to move this When the main drive rocker is moved rearwardly the arm 76 and the pawl 77 are moved in a clockwise direction (as viewed in Fig. 5) and if, for example, the pawl has been seated in the notch 80 it will move to seat in the notch 79, as shown in Fig. 5. When the main drive rocker moves forwardly the carrier bars will move the lead printing device onto the anvil and the pawl 77 will be moved in' a counter-clockwise direction (as viewed in Fig. 5) andsin'ce the nose of the pawl will at this time be seated in the notch 79 the disc 78 will be the disc 78 and fast on the shaft 70.. In the upper face 'of this disc is a diametrical slot 82 and adjustably retained therein is a slide 83' and pivotally connected to this slide is a link 83. The other end of this link is connected to a slide 84 mounted in a guideway 85 in the frame 80. The bracket 60 is connected at 86 (Fig. 8) to the slidev 84. When the parts are positioned as shown in Fig. 5 and the disc 78 is turned, the disc 81 will be rotated and movement will be transmitted through the link 83 to the slide 84 which will move along the guideway 85. The lister 56, connected to the slide 84, will be shifted transversely of the housing 34 tc so position the sheet that an impression may be made thereon in the column in which the name and address of the property owner is to be printed. Upon the next operation of the main drive rocker, during the time it. is moving rearwardly,- the platen P will be released to print a name and address vturned to rotate the disc 81 positioned above on the sheet but at this time the carrier bars will be disconnected from the main drive rocker as will be explained. Nevertheless as the main drive rocker moves in this direction it will move the pawl 77 to permit it to-seat in the notch 80 which at'this time will be ina position diametrically opposite to that illustrated in Fig. 5. Means to be described are provided to prevent the pawl 77 from seating in a notch disposed similarly to the disposition of the notch 80 at this time, but the boss 80' (Fig. 5) on the disc 78 engages a portion of this means and renders it inoperative so-that the pawl 77 will seat in this notch 80. The-provision of this boss 80' insures that the lister will not remain in the position wherein names and addresses are printed on the sheet for longer than one printing operation. After the pawl 77 has seated in the notch 80 themain drive rocker will again move forwardly and at this time the disc 81- will again be rotated andby reason of the eccentric connection of the link 83 to this disc through the adjustable slide 83' the lister will at this time be shifted back into its may either be another lead printing device or it may be a follower printing device. In the event it is a lead printing device, the just described operations will be repeated but should it be a follower printing device the previously referred to means for preventing the pawl '77 seating in one of the notches to shift the lister will be rendered operative. This means includes the solenoid 87 (Fig. 5) having an armature 88 which, when the solenoid is energized, engages one end of a lever 89 pivotally'mounted at 90 to dispose the roller 91 on the other end thereof in position to engage the tail of the pawl 77 to hold this pawl from engagement with the periphery of the disc 78.

Only when the boss 80' acts as described or when the solenoid 87 is deenergized will the pawl '77 engage and move the disc 78. The boss 80' is on the periphery of the disc 81 and is in the same plane as the arm 89 and consequently when it is in a position opposite to that shown in Fig. 5 it will shift arm 89 slightly in a clockwise direction so that the pawl 77 will seat in the notch to operate the lister to return it to its initial position, and it is only on the succeeding operation that the arm 89 will disengage the pawl '77 to prevent it from seating in a notch on the crank disc.

The solenoid 8'7 operates early in each cycle of operation and the boss 80' delays the operation of the parts controlled by the solenoid until the lister has returned to its right hand position shown in Fig. 5. To retain the disc in either of the two positions into which it may be moved I provide diametrically opposed recesses 92 in the periphery thereof in-which the nose 93 on one arm of'the bell crank 94' may seat. The nose is urged toward the notches by the spring 94' act-' ing on the other arm of the bell crank. The nose 93 includes a projection 93' which is engaged by the boss 76' on the arm '18 when said arm moves to position the pawl to seat in a notch to move the disc '78. The solenoid 8'1 is only deenergized when a lead printing device is to move into printing position and at all other times during the operation of the machine this solenoid is energized and the particular manner in which this is brought about will be described hereinafter.

The lead printing devices are so divided that the name and address of the owner of the parcel of property occupies but a relatively small portion thereof while the legal description is carried by the remaining portion and on the follower printing devices the legal description is mounted on the same portion of the printing device as it is the legal description is to be printed it is desirable that the wider of the platens indicated by P' be operated and when the lister is in the other transverse position so that the sheet is arranged to receive impressions in the portion thereof where the name and address of the owner is to be printed the narrower platen is operated. To bring this about I provide along the rear edge of the machine a roller 95 (Figs. 6, 7, and 8) mounted on an arm 96 fast on a shaft 97 extended transversely of the machine. On the bracket 61 I provide a cam98 (Figs. 6 and 8) and when the lister is moved into the position other than normal the roller 95 is moved by the cam and rocks the shaft 97.- On one end of the shaft 97 is an arm 99 and pivotally connected to the free end thereof is a link 100, the other end of which is pivotally connected to one arm of a bell crank 102 (Fig. 7) pivotally mounted at 103 on the bracket 104. A link 105 is pivotally connected to the other arm of the bell crank and to an arm 106 fast to one end of a shaft 10''! journaled in the bracket 36 i and the housing 34 and extended across the machine below the arm 35. It has been pointed out that the rods 51 and 52 (Fig. 4) are mounted in the foot portion on the arm 55. This arm 55 is mounted on the shaft 107 which is extended through the hollow shaft carrying the finger 54.

Therefore, when the cam 98 moves the roller 95.

the shaft 107 will be rocked to move the arm 55 to thereby position the rod 52 in alignment with the pin 50 and thus when the bell crank 48 is moved the platen P will be released. Since this will occur at the time the carriage is positioned out of normal position it is manifest that the name and address of the owner of the parcel of property will be printed on the sheet at the proper place. As soon as the lister moves back into normal position the cam will permit the roller .to move obversely to the first movement and the parts will therefore assume the normal position illustrated in Fig. 4, and when in this normal position the rod 51 'will be aligned with the pin 50 so that on each operation of the bell crank 48 the platen P will be operated to print the legal description on the sheet, for the portion of the sheet to receive this will normally be aligned withthe platens.

It has been pointed. out that the carrier bars are not moved rearwardly to change printing devices when the name and address of an owner of a parcel of property is being printed. It has also been shown that means are rendered operative to-cause a particular platen to operate when the name and address is to be printed and since this platen is to operate and the carrier bars are to be rendered inoperative at the same time I utilize the same means to bring about these conditions. It has been pointed out that the shaft 97 is moved when the lister is shifted into posi-. tion to locate the sheet to receive a name and address impression. Therefore, to the end of this shaft opposi e to that to which the arm-99 is connectedI secure an arm 108 (Figs. 3 and 8). To the free end of the arm 108 a link 109 is connected and this link is also connected to one arm of the bell crank 110 pivotally mounted at 111. Disposed between an arm of the bell crank 110 and a spring anchor on the frame is a spring 112, and this spring acts through the bell crank 110, link 109, and arm 108 to position the shaft 97 in normal position from which it is moved by the engagement of the cam 98 with the roller 95. Depending from the bell crank 110 is an arm 113. It has been pointed out that the arms 81 erably only carried out when a lead plate is in are arranged to operate with the rocker 27 and the depending arm 113 controls this operation. On the rocker 27 is a pawl 114 (Figs. 3 and 12) having a pin 115 thereon which is engaged by the depending arm 113 when the arm 108 is moved with the shaft 97-, and when this pin is so engaged, the nose 116 of the pawl is disengaged from the block 117 on the arm 31. Thus, when the rocker 27 is moved the pawl 114 will not transmit movement to the arms 31 and consequently the carrier bars will not be moved.

Normally the nose 116 of the pawl 114 engages the block 117 and upon each operation of the rocker 27 with the main drive rocker 17 the arms 31 are moved to consequently move the carrier bars.

It has been described how impressions are inade in transverse alignment on the sheet from a lead printing device and it has also been stated that the various impressions from different printing devices are made on the sheet in vertical alignment. This vertical alignment of the printing impressions is accomplished by spacing the impressions made from the legal description portion of the printing devices and is carried out immediately after a legal description printing operation has been performed on the sheet. It has been described that the platens are operated through the medium of the link 41 pivotally connected to the arm 42 which has one end secured to the shaft 43. The link 41 and the arm 42 are pivotally connected at 118 and one end of 'a link 119 (Figs. 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7) is likewise pivotally connected at this point and the'other end of said link is pivotally connected to an arm 120 (Figs. 2, 3. 6, and 7) free on but depending from the shaft 121 journaled in the brackets 122 carried by the frame 30. Fixed to the shaft 121 adjacent the arm 120 is an arm 123 (Fig. 6) car-- rying a square block 124 engageable with a pad on the arm 120 to thereby urge said arminto normal position. Mounted on the arm 120 is a pawl 125 having a notch 126 therein normally engaged with the block 124 by the spring 127 to -interconnect the arms 120 and 123 so that they printing position. )An accumulating numbering device 132 (Figs. 3, 4, and 5) is provided having type characters at spaced intervals on the periphery of the numbering wheels thereof and this numbering device is operated in the-following manner: On the frame of the machine a shelf 133 is pivotally mounted on which the numbering v device 132 is detachably mounted. The operating arm 134 of the numbering device carries a pin 135 arranged in the bifurcation 136 in the plate 137 secured to the casting 138 pivotally mounted at 139 on the frame. The casting 138 and plate 137 are normally held in the position illustrated by the spring 140 extended between the plate and a spring anchor on the shelf 133. Connected to the casting 138 is an adjustable link 141 which is likewise connected to the arm 142 pivoted on the stud 18. The arm 142 carries a pin 143 selectively engageable with either the notch 144 or the notch 145 formed in the arm 146 fast on the shaft 147 journaled in the frame. The arm 146 is urged upwardly by the spring. 148 (Fig. 4) to insure engagement of the notches with the pin 143. Freely mounted on the shaft 147 inwardly of the arm 144 is an arm 149 (Fig. 12) having a pin 150 thereon to which one end of a spring 151 is secured, the other end of said spring being secured to a pin 152 fast in the shaft 147. A shoulder on the arm 149 engages the pin 152 to limit the action of the spring 151 to properly position said arm 149. The printing device immediately behind that on the anvil A is-in selector position and the detachable tabs or other control means on this device are engageable by detector members. One of these detector members is indicated by 153 (Figs. 4 and 12) and the lower end thereof extends into a bifurcation at the outer endof the arm 149 and engages a pin extended across this bifurcation. When a'lead printing device is into position so that the pin 128 is engaged there- 1 by and the pawl 125 is so pivoted that the notch 126 is disengaged from the block 124 and therefore the arm 121 is disconnected from the arm 120 and upon oscillation of the link 119 no movement is imparted to the shaft 121. However, this only occurs when the lister is in position to print a name and address and consequently when the lister is in the position to print a legal descriptiomoperation of the link 119 will cause operation of the shaft 121. Depending from the shaft '121' is a substantially U-shaped bracket 130 (Fig. 6), the bight portion of which is engageable with a roller 131 on the end of the spacing rack of the lister. This spacing rack is substantially similar to and operates in the same manner as that described in my co-pending application, Serial No. 451,812, filed May 12, 1930, and as described therein each operation of the spacing rack causes the lister to be advanced in an amount equal to the spacing of the notches in said rack, this 5 causing vertical spacing betweenthe items in selector position and the numbering device is to be operated, as will be explained more fully, it will have a tab 154 thereon disposed in the dotted-line position of Fig. 5 and consequently the detector member 153 will be pivoted downwardly and therefore the arm 149 will be similarly pivoted, thus placing the spring 148 under tension.

When the arms 31 (Fig.4) are operated, the shaft. .28 will be. turned as these arms are mounted on tinned, moves upwardly and engages the toe 157 on the arm 142 and consequently the arm 142 will move with the pawl 156 until said pawl has moved in such an amount that the nose thereof disengages the toe and this occurs at a time after the pin 143 has moved beyond the notch 145. As soon as this disengagement occurs the spring 140 will act through the link 141 to pivot the arm 142.

in a counter-clockwise direction, as viewed'in Fig.

4, and depending upon the position of the arm 146 which is determined by the detector member 153 the pin 143 will seat in either the notch 145 or the notch 144. When the detector member 153 has been moved downwardly by the engagement of a tab therewith the pin will seat in the notch 144 and in moving into engagement with this notch the link 141 will be moved rearwardly and consequently the plate 137 will be so moved and therefore the arm 134 will be moved from a forward position into that illustrated because of the engagement of the pin 135 in the bifurcation 136. When the link 141-is moved by the engagement of the pawl 156 with the toe 157, the casting 138 will so pivot that it will disengage the step158 (Fig. 4) on the bottom of the shelf 133 and this will permit said shelf to pivot downwardly and it is at this time that the arm 134 will,pivot into a forward position, thus causing the numbering device to accumulate. However, when the pin 143 seats in the notch 144 the casting 138 will elevate the shelf 133 as it moves over the rounded corner adjacent the step 158 and when the shelf is elevated the numbering device 132 will be in a position to print when a platen is operated, the numbering device being located in transverse alignment with the anvil A. However, when the detector member 153 does not engage a tab the arm 146 will not be positioned as heretofore described and consequently when the pawl 156 disengage's the toe 15'! the pin 143 will seat in the notch 145.

Therefore, the upper end of the casting 138 will rest on the step 158 and the numbering device will not be elevated nor will the arm 134 be actuated to cause the numbering device to accumulate.

The tab 154 is a pivot tab and may be either disposed in a position to engage the detector member 153 or may be disposed as shown in full lines wherein it will not engage said detector member. This tab has been described as being on a lead printing device and when an original roll is made up all of these tabs on the lead printing devices will be disposed in a similar position as, for example, that shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5. Therefore, as the printing devices are passed through the machine the numbering device will be operated each time a lead printing device moves through selector position and onto the anvil A. Consequently, the impressions made from the lead printing devices will be consecutively numbered. It is important that this consecutive numbering be maintained but it is also possible that additional printing devices will be introduced into the sequence. When these additional printing devices are introduced, the tabs 154 thereon will be disposed in the other of the pivotal positions thereof as, for example, that illustrated in full lines in Fig. 5. Consequently, when these added printing devices are passed through the machine with the other printing devices, the numbering device will not be operated. However, when it is desired, for example, to make up a new roll and to number all of the impressions made from the lead printing devices before it is desirable to change the positions of the pivot tab, an additional detector member similar to the detector member 153 will be installed in alignment with the alternate position of the pivot tab. The arm 149 is so arranged that it will cooperate with this additional detector member in the same manner, in which it cooperates with the detector member 153. Therefore, when the printing devices are passed through the machine each lead printing device having a pivot tabthereonwill v be numbered. However, it may be desirable to again pass the printing devices through the machine and number only those having the pivot tabs thereon in the dotted-line position of Fig. 5, and this may be done by removing the additional detector member. However, after a new roll is made up and all of the impressions made from lead printing devices having a pivot tab thereon in either position have been. consecutively numbered and no more sequential passages of the printing devices are required from the old setup, all of the pivot tabs will be preferably moved into one or the other of the positions and one or the other of the detector members will be removed. This permits additional rinting devices to be introduced into the sequence, for the pivot tabs 154 of these added printing devices may be disposed in the other of the positions and consequently only those printing devices numbered on the master or first sequential passage will be numbered on subsequent passages of the printing devices. The two detector members are used when it is desired to make up a new tax roll and at all other times only one detector member is used. Consequently, the old tax roll may be readily distinguished until all of the tabs are moved into similar positions, at which time the printing devices will be arranged in accordance with the new tax roll and, as stated, the sequence of this new tax roll will not be altered by the addition of other printing devices, providing the pivot tabs 154 thereon are disposed in the other of the pivotal positions.

It has been described that the tax roll is printed on sheets of a determined size and it has also been stated that all of the legal description may be arranged on a single lead printing device or that it may be arranged on'a lead printing device and one or more follower printing devices. It is also desirable that all of the legal description appear on the same sheet of the roll as that on which the name and address of the owner appears. If, however, a lead printing device should move into position to be printed and this lead printing device should have four follower printing devices and there would only be three lines left on the sheet, it is manifest that this lead printing device should not be printed since it would be necessary under this condition to print a portion of the legal description on the subsequent sheet. I have therefore provided an indicating arrangement whereby as each lead printing device movesinto printing position the number of follower printing devices associated therewith will be indicated. Furthermore, I have so arranged the device that when a lead printing device not having any follower printing devices moves into printing position this indicating device will not be operated, for when the indicating device is operated operation of the machine is interrupted. In the present instance, I have provided a plurality of signal lights to indicate the number of follower printing devices and the manner in which these signal devices are arranged and the operation thereof will now be described. Supported within the arm 35 is a plate 159 (Fig.

7) and mounted thereon at spaced intervals are a plurality of electric lamp sockets 160 (Fig. 11) having electric lamps 161 therein. In the front wall of thearm 35 are a plurality of openings 162 (Figs. 1 and 7) closed by lenses 163 held in position by flanges at the ends of tubular shields 164 surrounding the lamps 161. These lenses may be made of different colors as will be described.

On the lead printing devices another tab 165 is provided which may eitherbe a full width or a half width tab. When a lead printing device has no follower plates then the half tab, indicated in 7 full lines in Fig. 5, is used but when the lead printing device has one or more follower printing devices a full tab, indicated by 165' (Fig. 5) is used. A detector member 166 (Fig. 12) is arranged to engage only a tab such as 165'. The lower end of the detector member 166 rests on a spring contact 167 disposed above and normally spaced from a spring contact 168. When the detector member engages a tab 165' it is forced downwardly and engages the spring contact 167 with the spring contact 168, thereby arranging the circuit including these contacts to be opera the lamp 1810 have moved conductor 190, to

able when the timing switch therefor is closed. This timing the frame of the machine. A double-armed lever is pivotally mounted on the frame of the machine andcne arm thereof engages the operating lever of the timing switch 189 and connected to the other arm thereof is a link 171 which rests on a block 172 on an arm 173 fast on the shaft 28. Thus, each time the arms 31 move rearwardly to cause the pawls on the carrier bars to engage the rear edges of succeeding printing devices the block 172 engages a shoulder 174 on the link 171 and thereby motivates the double-armed ing clutch and this occurs after the carrier bars forwardly to advance the printing devices notwithstanding the fact that the circuit will be closed before the carrier bars have'reached forward position for the stopping lug will not disconnect the clutch until such position is reached. This closing of the timing switch, when the contacts 167- and 168 are engaged, likewise closes a circuit to one of the lamps 181 as will now be explained by referring to the wiring diagram (rig. 13). g

The line wires 175 and 176 are:passed through the main control switch wire 175, is directed to a contact strip 179. The wire 180 which is a continuation of the line wire 176 is directed to a contact strip 181. ductor 182 extends between the contact strip 181 and the timing switch 169. A conductor 183 extends between the timing switch and the contact strip 184. A conductor 185 extends between the contact strip 184 .and the contact 168. A conductor 188 extends between the contact 167 and a contact strip 187. A conductor 188 extends between the contact strip 187 and the lamp 161a and this lamp is arranged behind the lens at the left hand end. of the series as shown in Fig. 1.

any distinguishing color may be used. A conductor 189 extends from and is connected to one terminal of each of the other lamps 161 and a conductor 190 connects this conductor to thecontact strip 179. Consequently, when the main switch 177 is closed and when vthe contacts 167 and 168 are engaged by the action of a tab 165'.on the detector member 168 and when the timing switch 169 contactstrip 179.

In my co-pending application, Serial No. 451,- 812, filed May 12, 1930, I describe a stop mechanism rendered operable when the last of the printingdevices moves from the magazine and as described therein this stop mechanism includes a solenoid which when energized operates through suitable linkage to disconnect the main operatin clutch. Herein thissolenoid is indicated by 191 (Fig. 3). As illustrated in Fig. 13 a conductor 192'extends from the contact strip 187 to"one terminal of the solenoid 191 and a conductor 193 extends from the'other terminal .of this solenoid to the contact strip 179. Thus, the solenoid 191 is connected in'parallel with'the lamp 161:: and

switch 169 (Fig. 3) is mounted on 177 (Fig. 1) and the line wire 178, which is a continuation of the line.

consequently each time the lamp 161a is rendered operative the solenoid operate the stop mechanism. Thus, each .time

- a lead printing device having a full tab 165 thereon moves into' printing position operation of the '.same upwardly to thus disengage the block from the shoulder which occurs at the extreme rear ward position of the carrier bars and this per.- mits the spring 170' (Fig. 3) to move the arm of the lever 170 from engagement with the oper- 191 will be energized to ating lever of the switch 169. However, the machine will not stop until the carrier bars have moved the printing devices forwardly. The opening of the switch closely follows the closing of the circuit so that the lamp 161a and the" relay 191 are operated only momentarily.

It-has been indicate the number of follower printing devices associated with the lead printing dev ce in printing position to permit the operator t determine whether or not all of the follower printing devices can be printed on the same'sheet as that on which the information contained on the lead printing device will be printed. Interruption of operation of the machine maybe brought about by other means than the movement of a-lead' printing device into printingpositicn having follower printing devices; consequently 1. provide an indicating means which will show that the interruption of the operation of the mapointed out that it is desirable to III) chine has been brought about by a-lead printing device with followen I lamp 161b, juxtaposed the lamp 1610, is arranged behind a lens 168 which may be, for'example, colored blue and when the operation of the machine is interrupted lamp 161b is rendered operative. The detector member 166 is arranged at selector position in the machine and aligned therewith but disposed at printing position is a detector member 194 (Fig. 12) which, when a lead printing device having a tab 165' thereon moves into printing position.

is operated. This detector member 194 rests on a spring contact 195 associated with a spring contact 198 and when the detector'member 194 is printing devices. The

is Just described this- I moved downwardly these contacts are engaged. 3

However, the circuit through these contacts will not be closed until the operation of the machine is interrupted at which time the timing switch -197 (P18. 6) will be rendered operative. It has been described that the shaft 121 is operated upon each printing device feeding operation of the main drive rocker 17 and as the lead printing device will have Just been fed it is manifest that this shaft will have been operated. Consequently, the arm 198 thereon will be operated. and this arm carries a roller which will engage the operating lever of the timing switch 197 to close this timing switch at the time the machine comes to rest to therefore hold this timing switch closed. Consequently. a circuit will then be closed to the lamp mm in the following manner:

from the contact strip 200, conductor 201, contact 196, contact 195, conductor 202, contact strip 203, conductor 204, lamp.

181, through conductor. 197', switch 197, conductor 199, contact strip simultaneously with until the shaft 121 is operated at the time the lead printing device moves from printing position. Therefore, the operator may readily ascertain that the machine has been stopped by the movement of a lead printing device into printing If this in the machine as arranged, means will be rendered operative save the lamp 161!) but, if desired, an indicating means such as that now to be described may be may be rendered operative under such a condition. However, should the printing device have two or more follower printing devices an addi-.

tional indicating means will be rendered operative and in the present instance this additional indicating means is arranged to care for a lead printing device having as many as five follower printing devices, for it has been found that this number is sufficient to care for the majority of situations. Y

The follower printing devices will be in the printing device guideway between printing position and the magazine M and suflicient space is provided to accommodate five follower printing devices therein. It has been pointed out that no signal, other than lamp 1611), is provided when there is but one follower printing device. Signals, however, are provided for more than this number up to five and these signals are rendered operative by switches associated with the printing device guideway. Aplate 205 (Figs. 8 and 10) extends across the portion of the printing device guideway 14 between the selector position and the magazine M and has aligned slots 206 therein. Pivoted fingers 207 include head portions extendible through these slots and these fingers rest on spring contacts 208 arranged above and normally spaced from spring contacts 209. On the follower printing devices tabs are provided which, when a lead printing device is in printing position, engage the fingers 207 and force them downwardly. Thus, should a lead printing device having three follower printing devices move into printing position the tabs on the second and third printing devices will engage the first two fingers 207 nearest printing position. Consequently, the contacts 208 and 209 cooperating with these fingers will be engaged and circuits will be closed through the lamps 161a and 161d. These lamps will be rendered operative the lamp 161!) since the lamps'161c and 161d are connected in parallel with the lamp 161b, this being shown in Fig. 13 wherein it is illustrated that conductors 210 extend between the contact strip 203 and the various contacts 209. From the various contacts 208 to the, respective lamps 1610 to 161i, inclusive, conductors 211 are extended. Thus, depending upon which of the contacts 208 and 209 are engaged the lamps 1610 to 1611 will be operated and in the present instance thesewill be the lamps 161a and 161d. If desired, suitable indicia may be associated with the lenses of these lamps which will indicate the number of follower printing devices. The operator in the described arrangement will ascertain whether or not there are three lines remaining on the sheet and if this is true the main operating clutch will be reengaged and operation of the machine resumed.

When a lead printing device is in printing position two impressions are made therefrom and the lister is shifted but the lister does not shift when follower printing devices are in printing moved downwardly each time a provided which position. The shifting of the lister is prevented by the energized solenoid 87. This energized solenoid is in circuit with two contacts 212 and 213 (Fig. 4). A detector member 214 is provided at selector position in the machine and has at the lower end. thereof an insulated part 215 which normally rests on the contact 212. The'detector member 214 is aligned with the half tab 165 and consequently the detector 'member 214 will be lead printing device moves into selector position whether or not this leadprinting device has follower printing devices. This downward movement of the detector member 214 separates the contacts 212 and 213 and thereby opens the following circuit which includes the solenoid 87. From the contact strip 181 a conductor 216 is directed to the contact 212 and from the contact 213 aconductor 217 extends to the solenoid 87 from whence a conductor 218 extends to the contact strip 179. This deenergizes the solenoid 87 and permits the lever 89 to function as described.

It is desirable that operation of the machine be interrupted when the sheet carried by the lister moves into position so that the lowermost portion or last line thereon is in printing position. I therefore provide a switch consisting of the contacts 219 and 220 (Fig. 7) and the insulating strip 220' having a button 221 thereon. when the lister moves into such a position that the last line of the sheet is in printing position the finger 222 on the lister engages the button 221 to thereby engage the contacts 219 and 220 and closes the following circuit: from contact strip 181,'through conductor 182, timing switch 169, conductor 183, no contact strip 184, conductor 223, contact 219, contact 220, conductor 224, contact strip 187 and thence through the circuit to energize the solenoid 191 and lamp 1810 which stops the machine as previously described. In order to insure that 1 operation the lister has been repositioned the contacts 220 and 221 are preferably latched in engagement with each other. When the button 221 is moved downwardly the end of the insulating strip 220' moves into the notch 225 in the arm 226 medially mounted on the support 227. To the end of the arm 226 opposite that having the notch 225 therein a link 228 is connected, which link extends to the frontof the machine and has a button 229 (Fig. 1) thereon. which button must be pushedto move the rod 228 to release the insulating strip 220' from the notch 225.

The main drive clutch is engaged by a magnet 230 connected through a conductor 231 to the contact strip 179. The magnet is likewise connected to a push button switch 232 (Fig. 1) through a conductor 233, which switch is also connected by a conductor 234 to the contact strip 281. By closing the switch 232 the magnet 230 5 may be energized to thereby engage the main operating clutch. When it is desired to stop the machine, the push button switch 235 (Fig. 1) is closed which closes a circuit from the contact strip 181 through conductor 236, switch 235, conductor 237 to contact strip 187 and thence through lamp 161a and solenoid 191, as previously described. When the main switch 177 is closed, the motor 239 is set in operation at once although the machine does not begin operating until the magnet 280 is energized to engage the main operating clutch. The motor is connected between the contact strips 178 and 181, a conductor 238 extending betlwl the motor and the contact 

